Fire ant blitz continues

Council has continued its program of targeting fire ant nests along road corridors across the region.

Only a few roadside nests were spotted during the council’s latest fire ant blitz on the eastern side of the Scenic Rim. In three-and-a-half days in February, a team of workers from council and the Fire Ant Suppression Taskforce (FAST) treated more than 670 kilometres of road corridors. This included all Department of Transport and […]

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